 | 1822 - 298 pages
...lonely and lovely stream, An image of that calm life appears, That won my heart in my greener years. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of Nature holds...speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings,... | |
 | 1822 - 764 pages
...believe we have not yet given a specimen of American blank verse, and this we think is a very fine one. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of Nature holds...speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings,... | |
 | 1829 - 436 pages
...The date of thy deep-founded strength, or tell How happy, in thy lap, the sons of men shall dwell. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of Nature holds...speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings,... | |
 | 1834 - 402 pages
...then, Away from this cold earth, And look into thy azure breast, For seats of innocence and rest ! THANATOPSIS.* To him who, in the love of Nature, holds...speaks A various language. For his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings... | |
 | 1834 - 406 pages
...u>, then, Away from this eold earth, And look into thy azure brent, For Mats of innoeenee and rat I THANATOPSIS.* To him who, in the love of Nature, holds...speaks A various language. For his gayer hours She has a voiee of gladness, and a smile And eloquenee of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings... | |
 | Boston Academy of Music - 1835 - 288 pages
...speaks to the heart of man, her accents varying with his varied moods, " For his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile, And eloquence of...that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware." If then, we are not deceived in our views of the efficacy of music in promoting the happiness of mankind,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pages
...holds Communion with her visiblgjbrms, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of...away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of^the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pages
...paternal side I sprung, And her, who, still and cold, Fills the next grave — the beautiful and young. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of nature holds...speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings,... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1838 - 272 pages
...holds Communion with her visible forms, she spfaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of...that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware. — Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around Earth and her... | |
 | Association for the Improvement of Juvenile Books - 1841 - 250 pages
...feel as if the unworldly moments of thy childhood's time had again come back to thee. EM CHANDLER. THANATOPSIS. To him who, in the love of Nature, holds...speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his' darker musings,... | |
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To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing... 
